One would think that after the disgraceful actions of the Greens and whaco enviros over the last 40 years, Pombo should be praised by all sensible citizens. When we cannot drill for oil because of supposedly harming some outlandish bug or frog or snail darter or God knows what, we need some sensible enviro plans which allow humans to come first in our priorities.
My husband builds power lines in California. A lot of the time the deteriorated poles they are replacing are on environmentally protected land. It can take the environazis up to 3 years to complete a study to determine if it's environmentally safe to put a new pole in the same hole the old pole was in. Or at the worse move in 3' from the old pole.
"Pombo should be praised by all sensible citizens. "
Let me be one to praise him for trying to do the right thing and ix what is borken in the Endangered Species Act.
"Critics, especially environmentalists .. " this is typical of the media. They carry water for the liberal point-of-view but gave no space for the views of property owners.
I am reading a Forbes speech on economics and he mentions the 5 Principles of Prosperity:
1. Rule of law
2. Property rights
3. Low taxes
4. Make it easy to launch businesses (low regulation)
5. Free trade
Note #2 - Property rights, a key part of our human rights and our economic system that leads to prosperity.
ESA is an attack on property rights, and as such it is an attack on our freedoms and an attack on our prosperity.
Protecting species should not come at the expense of our rights or our prosperity ...
"we need some sensible enviro plans which allow humans to come first in our priorities".
Exactly.